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It’s safe to say that local elected leaders have seldom faced a year like 2009 and the outlook for 2010 is equally challenging. The members of the Henry County Public and Eminence Independent Boards of Education have worked to preserve the district’s ability to educate our children in the face of a massive state budget shortfall and tough economic times at the local level.

The Eminence Warriors put their second check in the win column in dominating fashion Saturday night, jumping out to a big early lead and winning 88-51 over Riverside Christian.

The Warriors started the basketball game on a 13-0 run, led 33-10 after the first quarter, 56-24 at the half and cruised in for the unchallenged 37-point victory. Eminence coach Chris Nethery said the teams decided to play with a running clock during the final two quarters to speed up the game and prevent injuries. Besides timeouts, the clock continuously ticked down the final 16 minutes.

One of three Henry County residents charged in August with operating an active meth lab was ordered back to jail last week.

When Joseph Foree showed up in Henry County circuit court last Thursday for a hearing on the meth-related charges, he was immediately taken into custody. Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Nelson handcuffed Foree and led him to a seat reserved for inmates.

Foree — on probation for a prior offense — failed to check in with his probation officer.

With the new year upon us, it is important to remind landowners and farmers of the upcoming application cut-off dates for three Farm Bill programs.

Each fiscal year, the Natural Resource Conservation Service sets dates for application and program ranking. Although dates may vary from one program to another, landowners may sign-up at any time for all conservation programs.